We've had what, one day off? The glut of high-level online chess continues, albeit mostly for the super-elite. (Mere 2600 plebes can keep eking out their far less exalted living for the time being,...
We've had what, one day off? The glut of high-level online chess continues, albeit mostly for the super-elite. (Mere 2600 plebes can keep eking out their far less exalted living for the time being,...
To paraphrase an old SNL gag, Mark Dvoretsky is still dead - the great trainer and author died in 2016 - but a new edition of his classic Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual is now in print. The mantle has been taken up by German GM and endgame specialist Karsten Müller...
It was a remarkable final day, and when one considers what a great clutch player Magnus Carlsen is, that he entered the last day with a half point lead over Wesley So, and that he defeated So in their individual game today, it's not surprising that he finished in first.
Back and forth it goes...Magnus Carlsen is now in the lead of the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz, though just half a point ahead of Wesley So. So played reasonably well on the day, but didn't make the most of his chances.
